e'll be live in islamabad. a massive explosion at a factory in texas has as many as 5 dead, more than 150 injured. u.s. investigators identify an image of a potential suspect in the boston marathon bombing. and new zealand has legalized same-sex marriage, but its neighbor to the north may have different idea. >> between five and 15 people have been killed, as well as injured more than 150 and five fighters are missing. the blast has set off tax i am fumes fanned by high winds and leveled homes and businesses nearby. tom ackerman has the latest. >> local firefighters were summoned to the plant to put out a blaze, then came the explosion. the blast in the small farming community of west near the city of waco leveled an apartment complex and damaged a nursing home located next to the plant. the explosion was felt more than 100 kilometers away, and the u.s. geological survey registered it as magnitude 2.1 on the earthquake scale. >> right now, we have a tremendous amount of injuries, probably over 100 injuries at t

the high court in islamabad ordered his arrest on thursday. the charges he faces include the illegal dismissal of judges while in office. nhk world's nazar ul islam reports from islamabad. >> reporter: musharraf, a man who once dictated power, was arrested after turning himself into the high court on friday. he seized power in a 1999 coup when he was the country's army chief. following his arrest, he hit back on his facebook page, calling the charges politically motivated, saying he will fight the allegations in court. he resigned as president after losing support at the ballot box five years ago. after fleeing abroad, he lived in self-imposed exile until he decided to return to pakistan last month ahead of the upcoming general election. >> translator: where has the pakistan i left five years ago gone? i ask, where is that pakistan? where is that pakistan? my heart cries tears of blood when i see the state of the country today. >> reporter: musharraf launched a new party to fight the pakistani general election due on may 11th. but recent polls

he is living at his home in islamabad, and the election board refused to accept his candida candidacy. >>> reports suggest next week's eu meeting of foreign ministers in luxonborg will see blocks -- most were suspended in april 2012. the likely move to go one step further is several factors including the recent decision to allow a distribution of a daily national newspaper. the country, however, will not be allowed to import arms or any law enforcement equipment that may be used to suppress myanmar's citizens. the meeting is likely to calm on myanmar to consolidate their path to policy. that's the year in which democratic leader aung san suu kyi is aiming to assume myanmar's presidential. -- presidency. >>> let's take a look at the latest market figures. zlnkts a cargo ship carrying nuclear fill is on it's way from japan to france. it's the first since the accident at the fukushima d daiichi plant. >> reporter: ships leave port in france every day. but few of them set out under such tight surveillance. one vessel carrying nuclear fuel, known as mox, left at midnight on wednesday heade

in islamabad, buildings shook.on wednesday, there was a huge explosion in texas at a fertilizer factory in west. witnesses recorded the disaster on mobile phones. >> there is shrapnel flying everywhere. >> at least 14 people died. another 60 people were still missing by the end of the week. >> i can tell you i was there. i walked through the blast area. i searched houses earlier tonight. massive. just like iraq, just like the murray building in oklahoma city. thehe authority said that blast was likely called by -- caused by fire at the factory. dozens of homes around the factory area were destroyed. wednesday also saw the funeral of margaret thatcher. her 11 years in power defined britain in the 1980's. thousands turned out to watch as her coffin passed through the streets of london. for some, she was the woman who brought britain back to economic greatness by privatizing state companies and breaking the power of the trade unions. but others accused her of destroying traditional industries and increasing the gap be

reporting from islamabad. >> reporter: the latest attack his an election rally on tuesday evening. the men brought explosives and detonated them in the evening at the northwestern city of peshawar. >> translator: we were nearby when the blast hit. we rushed over to find body parts lying on the ground and a driver trapped in a burning vehicle. many people were injured. political officials helped us attend to the dead and injured. >> reporter: the blast killed at least 17 people, including three children and a reporter who was covering the event. 78 people were injured. among the wounded was ahmed below, pakistan's former railways minister and a senior member of the anp. the anp strongly opposes islamic fundamentalists groups. the pakistani taliban, the nation's biggest radical group, has claimed responsibility for the blast. in a separate incident, in peshawar on tuesday, attackers threw a hand grenade at an influential politician from the ruling party. bystanders were injured. another bombing in a southwestern province targeted a candidate representing the largest opposition party.

>> this has been quite a dramatic day in islamabad's history. musharraf basically took advantage of the confusion. within seconds, his security escort him out of the court room and took him to his farmhouse, where he has been blocked, surrounded by heavy deployment of police. we really do not know what happens tomorrow because he had planned to petition the supreme court. the chief commissioner reportedly asked the military to provide access. >> it is a tense standoff. why do you think he decided to return to pakistan at all? did he overestimate his support? >> he clearly overestimated his chances of return to pakistan. somebody probably misled him. he could himself possibly answer the question, but it is clearly a strategic blunder he committed without realizing that the pakistan he was returning to is a changed country with an ever asserted judiciary, which is not sparing anybody it considers as violating the constitution. >> thank you very much. italy's parliament has failed to elect a new president, dragging out the political stalemate the c

we have a report from islamabad. >> reporter: the elections are held on tuesday evening. a man brought explosives and detonated them at the event in the northwestern city of peshawar. >> translator: we were nearby when the blast hit. we rushed over to find body parts lying on the ground and the driver trapped in a burning vehicle. many people were injured. political officials helped us attend to the dead and injured. >> reporter: the blast killed at least 17 people including three children and a reporter who was covering the event. 78 people were injured. among the wounded was ahmed below, pakistan's former minister and a senior member of the anp. the anp strongly opposes islamic fundamentalists groups. the pakistani tal da taliban, t nation's biggest radical group, has claimed responsibility for the blast. in a separate incident, a green nad was. a grenade was thrown at an influential politician from the ruling party. bystanders were injured. another bombing in the southwest rn prove end targeted a candidate. four people were killed in the attack. attacks targets earlier

he has been controlling the the party from the capital of islamabad, roaming around in a bullet-proof vest, but now the and thes even more political party leadership is nowhere to be seen. who are stillw participating in that particular election. attack.e not come under the taliban making it very clear that the decision to attack is made by their top -- they have promised to intensify stifle theying to elections, which are due on the 11th of [no audio] >> thanks for that. a roadside bomb has killed a senior afghan policeman. he died while traveling. guards wereecurity also killed. the taliban has claimed responsibility. bangladesh have arrested the owner of a building which collapsed, killing more than 350 people. rescuers have found at least nine people inside of what's left of the rana plaza garment factory complex. heavy equipment is being brought in to help find the remaining survivors and bodies. here is more from our correspondent. we cannot name her because of reporting restrictions. >> the 30-year-old the link owner, sohel rana, has been arrested -- the 30-year-old building ow

speaking to fox news about his home in islamabad after aq contest.jong-un is not very stupid quote he does not believe the north koreans are trigger happy. he does not believe the north will actually detonate a nuclear device. in the face of joint u.s. and south korean forces. >> (inaudible) >> for those dealing with the threats from north korea's unpredictable regime japan is deploying interceptors around tokyo as a predugs against threats to launch ballistic missile tests. the u.s. welcomes technology to tirn convenient to use their influence from moving forward on any of the threats. >> we have been working with the chien needs and the russians and encouraging those nations and those governments use theirs way more than the north koreans to persuade them. this is a bunch of positive rhetoric. >> the rhetoric continuing. issuing a warning today. foreigners in the south have an impending war. that antagonist kick message. i have the project between the north and the south. >> kelly wright. >> on a sad note one of the best known members of the origin

i'm sure you can imagine for someone who is a high security risk to travel even from from kabul to islamabad is. very very difficult just to give you an idea. until late two thousand and eleven the u.s. embassy in kabul did not process a single visa a single visa and then in two thousand and nine since two thousand and nine i should say more than fifty seven hundred afghans have applied under the program and only thirty two have gotten visas here so why are we seeing so few few visas being not being given to these people why why are we holding back i really think that you know the state department you know issues these programs unfortunately there are they are large and diverse it takes a lot of sort of manpower a lot of a logistics to be figured out and sometimes the create these programs without sort of having an infrastructure in place to see them out to carry them out unfortunately it's not only people that are you know people that have been waiting for years to be approved there are people that are flat out being denied of the people that have applied there are a lot that have been deni

nhk world, islamabad. >>> the world health organization says there is no evidence that the new train of bird flu is spreading'dly among people in china. but the top official says the who will keep a close watch on the viruss close genetic mutations. >> we have not seen easy and sustained person to person transmission. this is the situation we're most vigilant. o 'leary says that over half of the patients infected with h7n9 had no contact with birds. the center for decide control and prevention, and china's health authority have been visiting patients in beijing and shanghai. 88 people have been infected, 17 have dies. >>> the bird flu is taking it's toll not only on the people, but also on the economy. people are eliminating chicken and duck from their diet. this is causing serious damage to the poultry industry. >>> city restaurants are losing a lot of money as many kmern vs. stopped ordering poultry fishes. orders have dropped off almost 50%. >> we're very concerned about the damage caused by unfounded rumors. it's a very serious situation for us. >> shoppers are also buying less p

nic robertson in islamabad, we'll have more from nic tomorrow. >>> last september when asked about thefiliate wxix president obama said this. >> our goal has been to focus on al qaeda, to focus narrowly on those who would pose an imminent threat to the united states of america. >> you got that? a narrow focus on al qaeda and those who pose an imminent threat to the u.s. based on serious, not speculative intelligence is what the administration says. it turns out it does not seem to be true. copies of top-secret u.s. intelligence reports reviewed by jonathan land, a national security reporter, indicated drone strikes in pakistan over a four-year period did not meet that standard. often instead targeting extremists with no affiliation with al qaeda, posing no threat to the u.s. and of course there are many reports from pakistan of innocent civilians being killed. tomorrow on "the lead" we will have part two of our special report on drones in pakistan. nic robertson will explore whether these killings not only of terrorists but also women and children are creating a new generation of radic

i'm sure you can imagine for someone who is a high security risk to travel even from from kabul to islamabad is very very difficult just to give you an idea. until late two thousand and eleven the u.s. embassy in kabul did not process a single visa a single visa and then in two thousand and nine since two thousand i should say more than fifty seven hundred afghans have applied under the program and only thirty two about visas are so why are we seeing so few if you've a says being not being given to these people why why are we holding back i really think that you know the state department issues these programs unfortunately there are there are large endeavors it takes a lot of sort of manpower a lot of a logistics to be figured out and sometimes they create these programs without sort of having the infrastructure in place to see them out to carry them out unfortunately it's not only people that are. people that have been waiting for years to be approved there are people that are flat out being denied of the people that have applied there are a lot that have. denied because the u.s. is saying

he is to be the most powerful man in pakistan, but today pervez musharraf fled the courtroom in islamabad to avoid going to jail. the high court refused to extend his bail and ordered his arrest over controversial decision he made back in 2007 to fire and imprison a group of judges. >> among the throng, pervez musharraf leaves the high court moments after an order for his arrest. the former military ruler car and get away with one ofroof hisodyguae side. e jeerfrom lawyers who called him a traitor, but there was no move by police. it is a far cry from his glory days as army chief, but since his return from exile last month, he has been barred from running for office and looks like a spent force. man. is a brave he has that i have no fear. >> pervez musharraf remains holed up here inside his heavily fortified farm house. there are police right outside the door, but they are here to protect him, not to take him into custody. there has been no attempt by the authorities to place him under arrest, but pakistan once all- powerful -- the once all- powerful military dictator is now a wanted man.

stories now pakistan's former mill true liberal versus musharraf has been put under house arrest in islamabad the ets leader returned from self-imposed exile last month to run in a maze general election respond to pending charges against him which included treason house arrest was ordered after he fled to the courts where he is they're being tried following the judge's refusal to grant him bail it's the first time in the history of pakistan that a form on the chief has faced criminal charges. the police in paris have arrested between seventy and eighty people for. protests against same sex marriage last night one person was reportedly injured during the scuffles police say three thousand marched in the capital as problem and let its final debate on the bill decisive a ballot is june next tuesday. in argentina a million people marched on thursday against their president in one of the largest anti-government rallies the country has seen in years protesters accuse cristina fernandez of corruption and a glossing over tough issues but the real level of inflation currently estimated at twenty five

we go to islamabad. >> after spending his first night, a former military ruler of pakistan, pervez musharrafought the to the anti- terrorist vault required by the law. policekept at a facility. he was given the privilege of the rest house and taken to the court amid security. the court sentenced a regiment and the police took him back to the facility. the administration had agreed to the demands of his lawyers that because of a security threat, he should be kept in his farm house. that farmhouses though officially a sub-jail and he will have to appear in front of the judge's on the case emanating from the 2003 decision and he will now have to appear before the court. the court will then decide what to do next. this is one of the few cases against him that are far more serious. it will now give him at least two weeks to plan his next move. >> in india, a man has been arrested over the brutal rape of a young girl which sparked two days of protests. demonstrators are gathering in new delhi after a five-year old girl was treated after being raped and tortured. she was held hostage for days. >> i

officials at the north korean embassy in islamabad say their diplomats are innocent. >>> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. china's rise brought it wealth, power, and problems. an income gap divides its people. nhk world takes a look at their latest strategies. shanghai hosts china's international auto show every another year alternating with beijing. about 2,000 companies are taking part this year. >> the world's major automakers have unveiled new vehicles developed exclusively for the chinese market. they are bringing various models in different segments to meet the diverse needs of today's consumers. one of the latest targets are consumers in china's provincial cities. makers are seeing better prospects in some places than in the big cities in beijing where they increase sales to ease traffic congestion, and as the incomes of people in provincial cities increase, demands for cars is not far behind. >> translator: cars will become indispensable for us here. i want a car that's cost-efficient and stylish. >> toyota motor has unveiled its first models designed exclusively for the chinese ma

news and now pakistan's former mill true love pervez musharraf has been put under house arrest in islamabad he returned from self-imposed exile last month to run a maze general election despite pending charges against him including treason is also rest was awarded after he fled the court to where he is being tried forming the judges refusal to grant him bail so it's the first time in pakistan's history that a former army chief has faced criminal charges. police in paris have a rested between seventy and eighty people for under a stream protests against same sex marriage last night one person was reportedly injured during the scuffles police say three thousand marched in the capital as parliament let its final debate on the bill the decisive ballot is june next schuester. in argentina a million people marched on thursday against their president in one of the largest anti government rallies the country has seen in years protesters like his face in a finances of corruption and glossing over the tough issues like the real level of inflation currently estimated at twenty five percent although in

police in islamabad say they found a car bomb near the home of the former president, pervez musharraf. he's currently under house arrest on a range of charges including abuse of power when in office. the discovery came as multiple deadly attacks against election rallies took place across the country. pakistani police diffused explosives hidden in a car parked near musharraf's residence on tuesday. several remote-controlled detonators were rigged to the device. no one has claimed responsibility but the pakistani taliban threatened to killed musharraf shortly before he returned from self-imposed exile last year. in the southwestern city of quetta, a suicide bomb attack killed at least four people on same day. the blast occurred shortly after a prominent ethnic minority leader finished his campaign arrest. attack injured dozens. >> translator: make them stop these terrorists. young people have died in this attack. >> reuters says a spokesperson for a militant group dedicated to attacking pakistan's shiite muslim minority has claimed responsibility. meanwhile, the ap reports that two peop

geological survey the tremor was felt in kabul and even in islamabad the capital of pakistan. life as a desirable person in britain could soon become a lot harder than now being asked to prove face to face that they deserve the help that until simply had been taken for granted point by car reports. lisa egan's bones break so easily she's already sustained sixty six fractures in her thirty three years chest to use a wheelchair and is one of three point two million brits claiming that disability living allowance would delay which helps those who are unable to move around freely because of physical disability but it's being replaced by a new personal independence payment the looming change will see stricter assessments for determining whether or not to sable people deserve tax payers money he says she's terrified she could lose the monthly payments if i lost everything i'd basically condemned to a life of housebound that's my quote it would be virtually non-existent but at the moment it's really unclear d.l.a. currently comes in two parts a core payment of up to seventy seven pou

president pervez musharaff has been placed under house arrest for two days he fled to his residence from islamabad court on thursday after a judge rejected his bail play and ordered him to be taken into custody sharaf is wanted in connection with the sacking of senior judges while he was in power he went into self-imposed exile in two thousand and eight and returned to pakistan last month to contest elections but ended up being disqualified from the rights. at least twenty seven people have been killed in a suicide bombing in baghdad in the latest spate of violence there and six hereon tensions rise across iraq kurdish leaders are pushing for independence despite strong objections from central government the conflicts being further fueled by the massive oil deposits in the country's north which both sides wish to claim and exploit is losing caffein off. they call them those who face death gone once guerrilla rebels fighting saddam for an independent kurdistan now an officially sanctioned force in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region the peshmerga and the iraqi troops are supposed to be on the sam

geological survey the tremor was felt in kabul and even in islamabad in the capital of pakistan. life as a disabled person in britain could soon become a lot harder they're now being asked to prove face to face that they deserve the hope that until recently had been taken for granted point to boycott reports. lisa egan's bones break so easily she's already sustained sixty six fractures in her thirty three years she has to use a wheelchair and is one of three point two million brits claiming that disability living allowance or d.l.a. which helps those who are unable to move around freely because of physical disability but it's being replaced by a new personal independence payment the looming change will see stricter assessments for determining whether or not to say both people deserve tax payers money he says she's terrified she could lose the monthly payments if i lost everything i'd basically condemned to a life of housebound and my quality of life would be virtually non-existent but at the moment it's really unclear d.l.a. currently comes in two parts a core payment of up to se

. >> i was in a taxicab in islamabad. you could hear the man calling, pull over to the curb, he gets out, unrolls his prayer rug, and down he goes, knocking his head. but they- with the ritual washing of hands. but i mean, it's the same for him as if he was in one of these closed communities, because all the men do it. it doesn't matter what you were doing, you stop when you hear him call, and you obey. >> and we saw that in israel. we were actually at the hartman institute, which is a jewish liberal think tank, and our driver was a muslim. well, when that noon prayer went off, he got up out of the van, up into this beautiful little garden across the way, put out his little rug, and he did his prayers. and darn it, the camera wasn't rolling, because that would have been a good one, but it was very moving. you know, it's almost- it's not instinctive so much, but it becomes one with you. i mean, islam is a faith that, you know, you just embody, that kind of thing- it just becomes you and you become it, and i think we see th

muhammad lila, abc news, islamabad. >> just a devastating scene unfolding there tonight.uhammad, thank you. >>> and back here in this country tonight, and to the growing anger at the nation's airports. all week, we've been reporting here from the frustrated travelers, and it's understandable. in fact, listen to some of them right now. >> we finally went back in, unloaded and then we were going to load again and unload and then they said the flight was canceled. >> i'm angry about this. >> little frustrating, especially at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. >> i was stuck in one of those terminals with them this week. tonight, word of possible relief from capitol hill. could it be? abc's david kerley live at reagan national tonight. david, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, good news for these travelers and you, as well, david. because the president says he is going to sign this quickly-approved congressional measure to put air traffic controllers back in the towers. this after really a difficult week. since sunday, through yesterday, thursday, more than 5,000 flights have been

. >>> in news of the world tonight, in pakistan the former president raced out of a courtroom in islamabad today before he could be arrested when his bail was revoked. he took refuge in his well secured home but was taken into custody. >>> and the vatican announced that the staff would not be getting a raise that come with the vote of a new pope. >> in india, a drop in prices is fueling a rush of purchases in gold. >>> a settlement has been reached and it could allow the rail project to break ground this sunday as planned. a group of farmers had sued to block the $68 million prompt on environmental grounds -- million project on environmental grounds. home and condo sales in california were up last month. according to real estate tracking firm data quick march sales were up 31-1/2% from february. and the numbers were up .8% over march of last year. last month's median home price was $300,000 and that's up 3.1%. in the bay area home sales dipped in march. but the median price rose in the year to year basis. >>> a mississippi man has been charged with threatening the president with poison. >>

. >>> in news of the world tonight, in pakistan the former president raced out of a courtroom in islamabadge in his well secured home but was taken into custody. >>> and the vatican announced that the staff would not be getting a raise that come with the vote of a new pope. >> in india, a drop in prices is fueling a rush of purchases in gold. >>> a settlement has been reached and it could allow the rail project to break ground this sunday as planned. a group of farmers had sued to block the $68 million prompt on environmental grounds -- million project on environmental grounds. home and condo sales in california were up last month. according to real estate tracking firm data quick march sales were up 31-1/2% from february. and the numbers were up .8% over march of last year. last month's median home price was $300,000 and that's up 3.1%. in the bay area home sales dipped in march. but the median price rose in the year to year basis. >>> a mississippi man has been charged with threatening the president with poison. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is updating our forecast and he's ba

president karzai has repeatedly accused islamabad of trying to undermine the peace process between afghanistan and the taliban. does his accusation have any substance? can you update us on whether or not there is actually a reconciliation process under way? >> i don't know if there's any credibility to president karzai's statement about pakistan undermining the peace process with the taliban. the state department is working hard and the president has identified local reconciliation as one of his top priorities. there is an office being opened in doha and we are waiting for the taliban to meet their end of the bargain to move the process ahead. i'm not engaged in that on a routine basis. my job is to set the conditions that would facilitate reconciliation, the conditions on the ground. as far as his comments, they merely highlight the deep mistrust that currently exists and has historically existed between pakistan and afghanistan. theur efforts to bring military to military perspective, if we can bring that relationship together, just like our nation and the two military to military engagement

mohamed lila, abc news, islamabad. >>> clothing and apparel factories across bangladesh reopened. closed since the collapse because of the protests. >>> the architects of gun control legislation that failed in the senate says he will be bringing back the bill to life. west virginia democrat senator joe manchin will reintroduce his bill that would require criminal and mental health background checks at shows and online. manchin said the bill failed last time because of confusion over what it contained. >>> the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, anthony fox is expected to become the next secretary of transportation. president obama officially nominates fox to replace outgoing secretary ray lahood. the first african-american nominee during the president's second term. fox has been mayor since 2009. >>> here is evidence you always have to be careful at a baseball stadium especially during batting practice. check out this photo. that's tampa bay rays reporter kelly nash. took that of herself on saturday before the rays' game against the red sox. on top of the fenway park green monster

and pakistan's former military ruler pervez musharraf has been put under house arrest in islamabad he returned from. last month to run a major general election despite pending charges against him including treason is house arrest was ordered after he fired fled the court where he was being tried for the judge refusal to grant him bail it's the first time in pakistan's history that a former army chief has face criminal charges. placed paris arrested between seventy and eighty people for unrest during protests against same sex marriage last night one person was reportedly injured during a scuffle police say three thousand marched in the capital as parliament made its final debate on the pitch for a decisive barracks to next tuesday.

nic robertson, cnn, islamabad, pakistan. >>> back to our top story now where the speculation that north korea may fire test missiles this coming wednesday. this warning from south korea comes as china's patience with north korea appears to be wearing thin. want to go now to cnn's kyung following the story for us. what can you tell us about the speculation korea may launch a missile this week? >> reporter: well, according to the presidential office here in south korea, it's a strong suspicion. they are targeting on that date, wednesday april 10th. they do believe that that is the highest possibility of a potential missile test launch from north korea and does appear, don, this entire region is in full preparation mode. take a look at this video. this is video that we captured at the u.s. osan air base. what you are looking at are u.s. patriot missile batteries. you can see that they are pointed up at the sky. these are land-to-air intercepter missiles and these patriot missile batteries, they usually are down on the ground, but they are up in plain, full view, and this according to the l

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pervez musharraf is now in police custody after being taking refuge at his home on the outskirts of islamabad. the ex-military ruler is facing treason charges for firing senior judges while he was in power. musharraf was arrested a day after fleeing the high court in a black s.u.v. as angry lawyers yelled after him, calling him a traitor. musharraf insists his arrest is politically motivated. serbia and its former province of kosovo reached a tentative deal today to normalize relations. the pact-- brokered by the european union-- aimed to settle the status of kosovo's serbian minority, which does not recognize the ethnic albanian leadership. kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. a deal could clear the way for serbia to start negotiations toward e.u. membership. nicholas maduro was sworn in today as venezuela's new president. he was confirmed the winner in sunday's election by a slim majority, after which his main challenger, henrique capriles, demanded an audit. maduro's supporters wore red and lined the streets of caracas leading to the national assembly where he took the oath of

i'm an assistant professor, national defense university islamabad and currently 2013 fellow at sais, the south asia program. my doctoral research was on afghanistan, just for context. i agree that there's been a lot of problems, and i'm going to put this in the form of a question. there was a dire lack of understanding of afghanistan, the linkages between tribes, power bases and how, for example, karzai is utilizing different tribal bases, tribal families, ethnic groups to maintain himself. so it's not a bad thing in itself that he's trying to do that to maintain power in the country. any leader would want to do that. it's definitely done here, but it's the same dynamic overall. i find that the united states, as i said earlier, direly misunderstood afghan society. reform in a quick manner does not work. it's been the case in the 1920s, it was the case during soviet invasion when they tried to implement drastic reforms and, in fact, disaffected a large section of the population which resulted in the war as well. and this was the case again. culturally-sensitive approaches are more app

cars i has repeatedly accused islamabad -- president karzai has repeatedly accused islamabad from undermining the peace process between pakistan and afghanistan. -- can you say if there is any peace process underway? >> i do not believe there is any credibility to misstatements about pakistan undermining the peace process taliban. the state department is working very hard. the president has identified political reconciliation. i know the state department is working very hard to do that. there is an office being opened -- we are waiting now for taliban to meet their end of the bargain in terms of moving the process ahead. that is not a process i am baeply engaged in in a routine my job is to set the conditions that would facilitate reconciliation. that is the condition on the ground. with regard to afghanistan and pakistan i think they merely highlight the deep mistrust that currently exists and its source in -- and historically existed. if we can bring tt relationship together in a constructive way and establish the foundation of trust i think we will do military to military engagements that

the islamabad government has its own objectives.need to win over the -- all the people of pakistan. i focused my attention on the cin province. to what degree does islamabad focus our aid to pakistan, and then in writing, maybe you can provide a description of what we're doing in the sim province? who picks the projects and the locations? you, or the pakistani government? >> thank you. let me just say with respect to pakistan first. and sim in particular. we have important partnerships, we designed them together. we absolutely retain the capacity and authority to both select projects and oversee their implementation. one example is we made a commitment to help them produce 1,200 megawatts of energy. we've already seen through successfully produced 800 megawatts. and that's been seen as a tremendous success. second, we've invested quite a lot of effort in a comprehensive branding strategy for anywhere in the world. pakistan i think is a good example where as a result of our efforts, we have data that shows that, with the awareness of

e bombg in the area at a hotel in islamabad. the individual who did the bombing had worked there for 12 years. he was the nicest guy. everybody liked him. after he had been working there 10 years, he became radicalized. he was the guy that carried in the bomb. sometimes people change. clearly we need to not be bringing terrorists into the country through our immigration system. i agree with you. watching twitter for breaking news. cnn is reporting that sources tell them the dead suspect has been identified as tamerlan tsarnaev, 26 years old. t isone still being sough his brother, dzhokhar tsarnaev. we're getting that news from twitter. the next caller? much forhank you so your service. i admire men like you want to serve and protect our country. i wanted to respond to the comment you made about mexico and how there are very bad people in mexico, especially the drug dealers, which it saee in the sseouo, adment how there pelen evy lture andgi. it was difficult to hear you say that because as the other gentleman said, most terroris

shahzad, times square bomber, who linked up with a group, pakistani taliban, fight was local in islamabad bus they dispatched him here. again, through all the information that's coming together, we'll see if it's, if it portends something here unforeseen. >> today, maybe together, we'll get the formal charges. in those formal charging documents, one would assume we will learn even more what was being planned and how it was going to play out? >> true and caution that, temper that, the investigation is still ongoing. just because documents are filed, a secondary document t e timed with reams of additional information. i don't pretend to suggest there won't be interesting information in this indictment, but don't look for a smoking gun. if there's a tie to an overseas organization that really might not come out until much later, if there is such a tie. >> thank you both. >>> up next, we flash back to the day john doe number one became timothy mcveigh. this is msnbc. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had the

one day in islamabad but there seems like little time to digest what you just did and where you're goingnext with one instance planning a trip to latin america and is it good to be this fast-paced? is in this town mistakes are made? >> let me first tell you what it was like. yes. it is the nature that we live in we don't have the nature to sit back to press pious to digest syria before i turn to pakistan. that is why i wanted to write a book i am a journalist whether or in washington but to take a step back everything i had seen or learned i learned a lot with the front row seat to diplomacy watching the different events unfold and watching the book was a maturing experience as well from what i have seen and come to the conclusions but with the secretary of state and people around her, what i found striking is her ability to stay focused and fall times as much as possible on what is happening. she doesn't get distracted by the details if they are not important but she has the ability to stay focused on the vague picture out is afghanistan impacting the middle east? added impact asia? she

think about, this isn't islamabad coming online.llion new witnesses that can document atrocities that are being committed. of course there are challenges but there is a lot of good news ahead of us. >> everybody's empowered. you do a google search when you go to a doctor and instead of sitting there where the doctor is playing god -- >> has all the info -- >> you have as much info as you want going in there and a lot of doctors hate that. you can say wait a second, isn't there a possibility if you do that, this is -- we are empowered in every way from powered by a car and how we're taken care of and also democratically. i had had a political science professor who told me back in the '80s the soviets were mar for worried about a xerox machine than a cruise missile in west germany and she was right. >> the empowerment of information of people is really the way to solve almost every problem. when we went to north korea our idea was that if we could just get a little bit of the internet in there it would bring some doubt to this regime,

ambassador, i want to ask you about a think tank now in islamabad based on, focused on security and nuclear i want to ask you about the expansion of the board of governors. i mean, there has been an amendment to the iaea's statute that's on the books, that's on the table for many, many years now. and the expansion is badly needed, because this was a structure that was created in 1957 or '58, and ever since so much has happened, and the organization has evolved. so we need to have an expansion of the board of governors. and the matter is held up. can you tell us what is the present position? thank you. >> thank you. and final question. >> okay. i must say for pakistan's strategic plan -- [inaudible] my question is with regard to the nuclear countries in the middle east. i know that iaea's job is more technical in nature and not the politics, but you can't -- [inaudible] recent part of the conference in the middle east -- [inaudible] and recent couple of weeks -- [inaudible] one of the entities -- [inaudible] so how do you see the iaea's role in that so to insure that non-proliferation drive

one day here in islamabad, one day your theme the united arab emirates.here's this book as mention updated with where they're going to affirmation. but it seems like little time to digest what you just did and where you are going next. even the mist of one trip, and one of if they're planning a trip to latin america in two weeks. is it good to be this fast paced? should there be more time to digest was going on? is this how mistakes would be made? >> guest: let me tell you what it was like to follow her. unfortunate nature of the world we live in. you don't have the luxury to sit back and press pause on what event they than he did just that happen in syria before i turn my attention to pakistan. it's kind of why he wanted to write the book. i'm a journalist covering daily news for a cover foreign policy. that's what motivated you to write "the secretary," to take a step back and digest everything that the men learn. i learned a lot being in this front row seat to history, to diplomacy, watching all those different events unfold and writing the book was a

president karzai has repeatedly accused islamabad of trying to undermine the peace process between afghanistan and the taliban. does his accusation have any and can youo it, update us on whether or not there is actually a reconciliation process under way? >> i do not know if there's any credibility to president karzai's statements about pakistan undermining the peace process or the taliban. the state department, of course, is working very hard. the president has identified political reconciliation as one of his priorities. i know the state department is working very hard to do that. there is an office being opened in doha. i think we're waiting now for the tell a man to be there and of the bargain it as far as -- for the taliban to meet their as far as process moving forward. inh regard to afghanistan practice and president karzai's comments, i think they highlight the deep mistrust the currently exists and has historically existed between pakistan and afghanistan. i think that is what we have to do is in our efforts, bring that relationship together in a constructive way and establish a found

. >> mark mazzetti, what's the role of our embassy in islam islamabad, in this shadow war in diplomacy>> well, the embassy, the role of the ambassador is, at various times, either powerful or not, depending op what that perp's position is on what the cia's up to. the cia really does hold a lot of control inside pakistan, and so anne patterson -- >> under the bush administration. >> under the bush administration carrying over into the obama administration, as she was someone who came to see the necessity of the drone program was seen as someone who was very close to the cia and permissive of what the cia wanted to do. the -- her successor was a man name cameron munter who was not against the drone program, but he came to be susceptible to the drone strike, at odds with the station chief coming in shortly before the davis episode, and it sort of, i spent time t chapter talking about the fights and concerns he had, cameron munter. he found himself at odds with what the cia was doing in their strategy, and he pushed to get more power over drone activities in spake stan all the way up the c